Day 1: Offshore to Panama The Burnetts have begun their six day journey across the Caribbean Sea to Panama. We left on Tuesday afternoon, only a couple of hours later than anticipated due to Sint Maarten’s magnetic attractiveness. To explain, let’s begin with Mel’s Law of Land Magnetism: the strength of an landmass’s pull is…
With modern technology it is now possible to spend most of your time inside the boat, monitoring other ships, wind, and all systems on an iPad. You can even give the helm a tweak from the toilet if you want. However, Mel likes to spend a lot of her watch at the helm instead. Why…
Jerry needs to know something. Mel does NOT like wooden roller coasters. Too jerky. The seas are still reminiscent of a roller coaster today. Side side, up down, side side side SLIDE doowwnn. Repeat. Actually, writing this Mel realized that Jerry isn’t riding a coaster; he’s dancing to his mast pumping! Let’s call this dance…
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